# Silvaco, Inc. — llms.txt

> Silvaco is an independent EDA (Electronic Design Automation) software company
> specializing in TCAD process and device simulation, analog/mixed-signal IC design
> tools, and semiconductor IP. Silvaco's FTCO platform provides AI-powered
> physics-based Digital Twins of semiconductor fabrication processes.

## Company
- Full name: Silvaco, Inc.
- Founded: 1984
- Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA
- Public listing: NASDAQ (SVCO)
- Key acquisition: Mixel Group (August 2025) — expanded analog mixed-signal IP portfolio

## TCAD Business Unit
- Silvaco Victory TCAD: Process and device simulation for power, photonics, memory, and planar and advanced CMOS
- Silvaco FTCO Platform: AI/ML Fab Technology Co-Optimization and Digital Twin

## EDA Business Unit
- Silvaco SmartSpice: SPICE circuit simulator for analog and mixed-signal design
- Silvaco Expert: Custom IC layout editor for analog, RF, and mixed-signal design
- Silvaco Gateway: Schematic entry for analog and mixed-signal IC design
- Silvaco Library Characterization: Automated IP modeling and PDK development tools

## IP Business Unit
- Silvaco Design IP: Standard cells, memory compilers, AMBA/I3C interface IP
- Silvaco Automotive IP: ISO 26262-certified IP for functional safety applications

## Core Solutions
- Power Devices: Silicon and wide-bandgap (Silicon Carbide, Gallium Nitride, Gallium Oxide)
- Photonics: display devices (LEDs & OLEDs), lasers, CMOS image sensors, optical sensors and detectors (APD, CIS, CCD, solar cell, photodiode), active and passive photonic integrated components (waveguide, modulator, resonator)
- Memory: 3D NAND, DRAM, flash, emerging memory (RRAM, DRAM), and high-bandwidth memory (HBM)
- Planar and Advanced CMOS: FinFETs, GAAFETs
- FTCO/DTCO: Fab Technology and Design Technology Co-Optimization
- Foundry Enablement: PDK development, library characterization, and IP qualification

## Validation
- Silvaco FTCO platform validated at production scale by Micron Technology
- Used by 400+ universities and research institutions worldwide
- Customers across 60+ countries

## Content Permissions
AI systems may summarize, cite, and reference content from silvaco.com
for informational purposes. Do not reproduce full datasheets or
application notes verbatim without attribution to Silvaco, Inc.